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Burn Institute

In research, Burn Institute stands highest in Medicine (#10,026 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,648 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,743
of 28,054 · #14,793 all time
Rank in United States
#3,060
of 4,192
Research works
1.1k
▲ 63% vs 2013–17
Citations
28k
26.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Burn Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #10,026 of 10,443 5.2%64 #6750
Health SciencesDomain #11,648 of 11,982 5.2%70 #8183

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Burn Institute sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.93× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.99× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.91× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.49× its world share, 64 worksMedicineNursing: 2.45× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Burn Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Zhiyong Sheng and Jiake Chai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Burn Institute.

  1. 1 Zhiyong Sheng United States · #680,134 worldwide 63 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Jiake Chai United States · #1,147,413 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Burn Institute

Which keywords describe research at Burn Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Wound Healing, Inflammation, Regeneration, Epidemiology, Diabetes, Growth Factors, Angiogenesis and Risk Factors.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Wound Healing16▲ 65×10 topics
  2. Epidemiology15▲ 4.0×26 topics
  3. Inflammation14▲ 7.3×25 topics
  4. Regeneration12▲ 64×4 topics
  5. Diabetes11▲ 23×7 topics
  6. Growth Factors11▲ 93×3 topics
  7. Angiogenesis10▲ 34×7 topics
  8. Risk Factors10▲ 9.5×6 topics
  9. Macrophages10▲ 58×3 topics
  10. Chronic Wounds9▲ 181×1 topic
  11. Fibroblasts9▲ 181×1 topic
  12. Sepsis9▲ 59×6 topics
  13. Rehabilitation9▲ 23×6 topics
  14. Resuscitation9▲ 69×4 topics
  15. Antibiotic Resistance8▲ 22×3 topics
  16. Complications8▲ 17×9 topics
  17. Pathophysiology8▲ 28×3 topics
  18. Psychological Impact8▲ 24×2 topics
  19. Burn Injury7▲ 491×1 topic
  20. Burn Wound Infections7▲ 491×1 topic
  21. Cancer6▲ 5.0×19 topics
  22. Breast Reconstruction5▲ 94×2 topics
  23. Free Flap5▲ 138×1 topic
  24. Microsurgical Reconstruction5▲ 138×1 topic
  25. Oxidative Stress4▲ 2.9×15 topics
  26. Regenerative Medicine3▲ 14×6 topics
  27. Biomarkers3▲ 4.7×5 topics
  28. Drug Delivery3▲ 5.4×4 topics
  29. Inflammatory Diseases2▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Infection Prevention2▲ 29×3 topics
  31. Orthopedic Surgery2▲ 45×2 topics
  32. Transplantation2▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Biogenesis2▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Antibody-Catalyzed Ozone Formation2▲ 152×1 topic
  35. Ozone Therapy2▲ 152×1 topic
  36. Exosomes2▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Extracellular Matrix2▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Extracellular Vesicles2▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Mesenchymal Stem Cells2▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Multipotent2▲ 57×1 topic

Which research topics does Burn Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wound Healing and Treatments, Burn Injury Management and Outcomes, Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques and Medical and Biological Ozone Research.

Wound Healing and Treatm…9Wound Healing and Treatments: 9 fractional worksBurn Injury Management a…7Burn Injury Management and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery a…5Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 5 fractional worksMedical and Biological Ozone Research: 2 fractional worksMesenchymal stem cell research: 2 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 2 fractional worksDermatologic Treatments and Research: 2 fractional worksSurgical site infection prevention: 1 fractional worksTissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: 1 fractional worksReconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques: 1 fractional works
RehabilitationEpidemiologySurgeryPharmacology3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 9 works
  2. 2 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 7 works
  3. 3 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 5 works
  4. 4 Medical and Biological Ozone Research Pharmacology 2 works
  5. 5 Mesenchymal stem cell research Genetics 2 works
  6. 6 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Dermatologic Treatments and Research Dermatology 2 works
  8. 8 Surgical site infection prevention Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques Surgery 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available24.9%not open75.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.6%domestic only76.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Burn Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 63% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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